Compiled from: Minnesota legislative manuals and other sources, including
previous library compilations and several histories of Minnesota.

In 1913, Minnesota legislators began to be elected on nonpartisan ballots (1913 Minn. Laws Chap. 389).
Legislators ran and caucused as "Liberals" or "Conservatives" (roughly equivalent in most years to Democratic-Farmer-Labor
and Republican, respectively. A 1973 Law change brought back party designation elections beginning with the House in 1974 and the Senate in 1976 (1973 Minn. Laws Chapter 3 section 1;
first numbered Minnesota Statute 202.03; renumbered Minnesota Statute 204B.36, subdivision 2).

Between November 15, 1975 and September 23, 1995, Minnesota Republicans ran under the party name Independent Republican.

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source, the library cannot guarantee the accuracy of sources; errors are
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a This margin reflects that the Independence party member (Senator Sheila Kiscaden) caucused with the Democrats.b This margin reflects that the Independence party member (Senator Sheila Kiscaden) caucused with the Republicans.c The independent senator or Independence party senator did not caucus with the Republicans or the Democrats. d The margin reflects the fact that one member of the Independence party (Senator Sheila Kiscaden) caucused with the Republican caucus and the other Independence party member (Senator Bob Lessard) was not a member of either caucus.e The independent senator (Senator Charlie Berg) is listed in the 1975-76 Legislative Manual as caucusing with the Independent Republican caucus.f An article in the St. Cloud Times on August 12., 2010, states that "Koering served two terms as a Republican, but said [on August 11]
he´s leaving the party after it helped elect former state
representative Paul Gazelka of Brainerd." (Sommerhauser, Mark.
"Koering to Back DFL's Stevenson After Leaving GOP." St. Cloud Times,
August 12, 2010)